In this engaging video, interventional cardiologist Robert Li, MD, considers the benefits, risks and challenges of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with aortic stenosis. Dr Li’s discussion includes the short history of TAVR, its relative advantages by comparison to other AVR therapies, patient risk assessment, supporting clinical trials and a host of other relevant information.

An unprecedented event in the history of Penn Heart & Vascular - the concurrence in a single department of two acting heads of major American surgical societies: Joseph E. Bavaria, MD, and Ronald M. Fairman, MD.

Joseph E. Bavaria, MD, discusses his role as President of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and describes the organization, its international membership and influence on national policy and the critical value of the STS clinical database.

Ronald M. Fairman, MD, Chief of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at Penn Heart & Vascular and the current President of The Society of Vascular Surgery talks about maintaining the balance in his dual (and significant) leadership roles.

In this presentation, Steven R. Messé, MD, provides a neurologist’s perspective on the patent foramen ovule (PFO) and its association with cryptogenic stroke, as well as an examination of treatment options and clinical research.

Jay Giri, MD, considers the evolving landscape of blood thinners for use in pulmonary embolism therapy, including thrombolytics, standard anticoagulation, and the new tissue plasminogen activator tenecteplase.

Gregory Supple, MD, of Penn Heart and Vascular offers a comprehensive overview of the role of exercise testing in the diagnosis of the arrhythmias, and the effects seen during testing in individual types of arrhythmic disease.

In this video, cardiologist Andrew Epstein, MD, helps practicing cardiologists make sense of ICD and CRT indications and the various guidelines for the devices used to manage heart failure and the arrhythmias.

Medical Director of the Ventricular Assist Device Program J. Eduardo Rame, MD, offers an overview of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). Used to support the heart in physiological decline, these mechanical devices are a part of the ...

Cardiac surgeon Pavan Atluri, MD, reviews the nContact ablation system for patients with large atria (>4.5 cm) and persistent atrial fibrillation who have failed other ablations. Currently available at Penn Medicine, the system allows ...

David Supple, MD, explains why the Penn Heart & Vascular electrophysiology program is a leading referral center for the extraction of implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads and discusses ongoing research at Penn focusing on the development ...

Yuli Kim, MD, discusses the unique population of adults with congenital heart disease and reviews the programs available at the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, a collaboration between Penn Medicine and the Children's Hospital of ...